Mar.19 -- Tad Lipsky, professor at George Mason University, and Bloomberg Intelligence's Jennifer Rie, discuss AT&T's proposed merger with Time Warner heading to trial and ithe mpact if the deal is allowed to go through. They speak with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas."

Next week is the beginning of a massive anti-trust case in Washington. The federal government takes on AT&T over their acquisition of Time Warner. The government sued to block the deal in November saying its bad for consumers. AT&T claims blocking the transaction is denying consumers the kinds of vertically integrated products you can get from Comcast/NBCU, Netflix, Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

Tad Lipsky, professor at George Mason University, and Bloomberg Intelligence's Jennifer Rie, discuss AT&T's proposed merger with Time Warner heading to trial and ithe mpact if the deal is allowed to go ...

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T ) will face off against the U.S. Department of Justice Monday in a six- to eight-week trial determining the fate of its Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX ) acquisition. Judge Richard Leon announced ...

Desilu Studios plans to go public in the United States as a second stage of a proposed acquisition of Israeli technology start-up Vonetize. The U.S. film studio famous for producing classic shows such as "I Love Lucy", "Star Trek" and "The Untouchables" said on Friday that it had agreed a deal to take a controlling stake in Vonetize, the share price of which jumped 75 percent on Sunday. Vonetize, whose technology enables over-the-top (OTT) live channel streaming and on-demand services, operates in 60 countries and has global partnerships with LG, Disney, Warner Brothers, Fox and Sony Universal among others.

It is rather amazing that two huge US companies looking to cut an $85bn merger are looking like underdogs. But as AT&T and Time Warner go head to head with the US government over the legality of their ...

When AT&T agreed to buy Time Warner in October of 2016, many investors viewed it as a done deal. Time Warner (TWX) shares soared to nearly match AT&T’s offer price of $107.50 a share in cash and stock—no matter that both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had expressed reservations about the merger in the final days of the presidential election. Many investors dismissed their talk as bluster.

Television and movie producer Gavine Polone is suing Warner Bros., Time Warner and CW Network, to seek his share of the profits from the “Gilmore Girls” series and its Netflix revival. Polone filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday accusing several Warner Bros. units, including Warner Bros Television Production and WB Studio Enterprises, and parent Time Warner (TWX) of breach of contract, fraud and unfair business practices to deprive Polone and his company, Hofflund/Polone, of their cut of the show’s profits, reported Deadline.com .

Bloomberg Intelligence's Jennifer Rie discusses the legal hurdles AT&T will need to clear to merge with Time Warner on today's Deals Report. She speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Julie Hyman on "Bloomberg ...